[texhax] Basic error with installation

Reinhard Kotucha reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Thu Jul 17 07:32:44 CEST 2008


Axel Schneider writes:
 > Hello, I read all FAQ and the Documentation, but appear to be lost at a
 > basic error at installation.
 > 
 > After downloading texlive2007-live-20070212.iso.zip, extracting the zip, and
 > extracting the iso (with isobuster), I tried to install the package on my
 > win xp pro notebook by executing C:\...\Desktop\Tex
 > Source\TeXLive2007\setuptl\tlpmgui.exe and immediately and repeatedly
 > received the following error msg
 > 
 > Error in startup script
 > 
 > wrong # args: should be "set varName ?newValue?"
 >    while executing
 > "source $filegui"
 >  (file "C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/Axel Schneider Admin/Desktop/Tex
 > Source/TeXLive2007/setuptl/tlpmgui.exe/main.tcl" line 363)

You could also try TeX Live 2008

  http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/tldev/install-tl.zip

It's not released yet, but it allows network installations and
incremental updates.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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